Microsoft has unveiled Mesh, a ‘mixed reality’ platform that will allow people to participate in events and meetings remotely with physical interactions and Virtual Reality avatars
There is Virtual Reality, there is Augmented Reality and – before long – there will also be Mixed Reality. We can be sure of that because a real high-tech giant is working on it: Microsoft. The company founded by Bill Gates has announced that it is working on a platform that will allow users to interact and participate in events at a distance through avatars that will have physical interactions with other people or virtual objects. The project is called Mesh and is currently available in a preview version for Hololens 2 – Microsoft’s VR visors. Alex Kipman, inventor of Kinect and HoloLens, described Mesh in nothing short of enthusiastic terms. “This has been the dream of mixed reality, the idea of it from the beginning. You can really feel like you’re in the same place with someone sharing content or you can teleport between different mixed reality devices and be present with people even when you’re not physically with them.”
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Mixed Reality’ and the future of smartworking
Microsoft Mesh is primarily designed for smartworking. The platform will allow to hold meetings, present projects and work remotely with three-dimensional models. These features will be particularly useful for developers, architects, engineers, designers and all those professionals who often need to visualise their projects in 3D. Microsoft’s aim is to integrate Mesh with Teams (Bill Gates’ video call programme) and Dynamics 365 to revolutionise the smartworking sector. But that’s not all. As CEO Satya Nadella anticipated, the possible applications of Mesh are virtually endless. “Think about what Xbox Live did for games: we went from single player to multiplayer, creating communities that helped people connect and achieve together. Now imagine if the same thing happened with mixed reality: that’s what Microsoft Mesh is all about.”
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